THE Provincial Board of Negros Occidental approved on Tuesday the province’s P1-million cash donation to Batangas province, which has been affected by the Taal Volcano eruption.
The board’s action was in response to the earlier request of governor Eugenio Jose Lacson for the approval and concurrence of the resolution providing financial aid to Batangas passed by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC).
The fund will be sourced from the 2016 PDRRM Fund-Special Trust Fund.
Aside from the provincial government, other sectors in Negros Occidental have also sent face masks and other in-kind donations to affected residents of Batangas.
Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office donated half of their P650 rice allowance for January to the families affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano.
The Finance Section collected P325 from each of the 1,971 personnel.
The donation was coursed through the volunteers of “Negros Love Operation Love a Flow” headed by Hinoba-an councilor Jason Tupas.
In Batangas, the PDRRMC reported that over 200,000 individuals have been affected by Taal’s activity.
In August last year, Negros Occidental also extended financial assistance worth P1 million to Itbayat, Batanes after it was struck by major earthquakes on July 27. (PNA)
